Paula Fourie is an author, poet and playwright who holds a PhD in musicology
from Stellenbosch University. Her debut poetry collection, ‘Inked in Bone’,
appeared in 2026 with Granta.
She is also the author of ‘Mr Entertainment: The Story of Taliep Petersen’ and
‘Translating Swiss Theatre in Apartheid South Africa’, and the co-author with
Athol Fugard of ‘Concerning the Life of Babyboy Kleintjies’.